Four starts into his Tampa season, Adam Warren’s thrown 23 innings, K’d 15, walked only 5, and given up only 3 runs. Maybe Warren got alittle lucky today as he did give up 9 hits (more than he’s given up his last 3 starts combined) but benefitted from a couple GIDP.

I thought Warren would K a couple more guys. I hope he does increase the K/9 rate. It might delay a promotion to Trenton.

larryf

I saw Romulo hit 99 mph several times last year in Scranton. Any speed data today?

28 this year

Romine CS rate is poor but how much of that is the pitcher’s fault versus the catcher. I mean in AAA, I feel like pitchers should be decent at holding runners but what you think?

Salty Buggah

Damn, I was about to ask the same thing.

I would imagine a lot, if not most, of the blame would go to the pitcher since they don’t really place much emphasis on holding runners on.

Rick in Boston

This. You rarely see pitchers in the minors really worry about the runners at first, which is why you see a lot of fast, fringy guys with ridiculous steal totals in the lower minors. With the Yankees, it’s almost like an organizational philosophy to have the pitchers worry about the guy at the plate, and not the runner.

IRememberCelerinoSanchez

Romine’s in AA, actually, where the pitchers are less polished. Maybe that’s why the numbers are down?

At any rate, scouts seem to like Romine enough defensively, so I’m sure it will all sort itself out.

28 this year

AA is what I meant but that is basically what I am saying. I really don’t think CS rate is really the best evaluation.

http://thinkingoutsideofthebattersbox.blogspot.com/ W.W.J.M.D.

You have Higashioka as blank for 3 which is the same as 0 for 3 when you think about it :)

http://janeheller.mlblogs.com/yank_c.jpg T-Dubs

2 more starts before the Warren promotion?

Bill

Doubt it its that quick. Remember while he may be a polished college pitcher he did skip Charleston. Also I can’t imagine him moving faster than Ian Kennedy did. Kennedy pitched in 11 games in Tampa before being promoted. So I think that’s probably your best case scenario with Warren getting promoted.

Also before getting bombed the other day you have to imagine that Noesi was ahead of Warren when considering promotions to Trenton. I think if he rebounds nicely in his next start that will still be the case given the age discrepancy and the fact that Noesi is already on the 40-man.

Alex C

Heyer’s line should also read 2R 1ER you have him with zeros.

Accent Shallow

Despite all the hype, it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see Jesus struggle. He is only 20, and in AAA. Not that I expect it, of course.

And Mike, what would it take for you to be a Nunez believer? For him to keep this up all year? Improved scouting reports? 3 All-Star selections?

Zack

Plus he has to adjust to catching full time (ie fatigue), compared to spending some time at DH like last year.

Doug

BABIP is a very low .267

once his luck evens out, he’ll be fine

Baseballnation

Whatever happen to Matt Richardson, the young promising arm who scouts were raving about his stuff in ’09?

pat

Richardson, along with Nik Turley and Mikey O’Brien, is in extended spring training.

Phranchise

what about that latin american outfielder that was hyped up a lot? not eduardo sosa, the other one. first name is kelvin i think. is he there too?

Jack

Kelvin De Leon.

pat

We have 2 Kelvins. De Leon is the power hitting RF, he’s in EST, likely to get called up to Charleston with Slade in a few weeks. The other one, a toolsy CF, Kelvin Duran is also in EST, however this will be his first season in the states and he is likely headed to the GCL.

j93

I’ve seen Eduardo Nunez play several times this year and he always seems to commit a lot of fielding errors / plays that an MLB player should make that could probably go either way. Wasn’t all the hype originally about his defense?

The thing with his defense is that he has the talent/athleticism to be a good SS, but just makes too many mistakes and really just needs to put his game together on the defensive end. He absolutely has the ability to stay at SS, but it just depends on whether or not he can limit his mistakes there.

One thing to note though 3 of his errors this year have come at 3B or 2B, positions he is not accustomed to playing.

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

Like the GBs from Black.

Dubes

When is George Kontos coming back?

Phranchise

yeah that guy was good. id like to know that too

Accent Shallow

According to this Chad Jennings article from 2009, he had the surgery in early July, so he should be back in May/June. This article from March of this year doesn’t contradict that, and he’s apparently doing well. I look forward to his return, especially if the stuff is what he had in college.

pat

Word. He could crank it to 96 as a starter with a narsty slider to go with it. He could be a solid bullpen guy in a year or two.

Gonzo

Nunez might be good trade bait. Any chance he can bring back anything useful? A package of Nunez and Zmac/Nova maybe?

Manimal

Doubtful. The only non-“untouchable” prospect I could see traded is Juan Miranda

pat

A week ago Garcia actually posted an apology to his fans on Mike Ashmore’s blog. Sounds like a classy kid.

Thank you to everyone for your support and for believing in me. I’ve gone through a lot, and you’ve never given hope up and always believed in me. I also want to say I’m sorry to all the fans who have been rooting for me and pulling for me. I want to tell you, I promise, I’ll be back next year and I’ll be stronger than ever.

Signed,

Christian Garcia

Accent Shallow

That’s nice to see. Hope the second TJ takes, and the stuff comes back.

Chris

Where has Abe Almonte been?

Roger

This sucks about honest abe almonte he was supposed to be the next bo jackson.